O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-11-565 (2019)

Places authorized for detention of child before and after transfer order

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(a) Prior to the entry of a judgment ordering a child’s transfer or during the pendency of an appeal of a judgment ordering a child’s transfer, such child shall be detained only in those places authorized for the preadjudication detention of a child as set forth in Code Section

(b) After the entry of a judgment ordering transfer, a child shall be detained only in those places authorized for the detention of a child until such child, as set forth in Code Section 15-11-34, reaches 17 years of age.

History

Code 1981, § 15-11-565, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Juvenile Courts and Delinquent and Dependent Children, §§ 47 et seq., 53 et seq., 66 et seq. C.J.S. - 43 C.J.S., Infants, §§ 140 et seq., 226 et seq., 239. U.L.A. - Uniform Juvenile Court Act (U.L.A.) § 16.

ALR. - What constitutes delinquency or incorrigibility, justifying commitment of infant, 45 A.L.R. 1533; 85 A.L.R. 1099. Authority of court to order juvenile delinquent incarcerated in adult penal institution, 95 A.L.R.3d 568.